She also worked at local mall theaters before moving on to her final destination - Walmart. She stopped working shortly before she turned 100.

In July, she served as Grand Marshal of a local parade in North Dakota.

As Siouxland City Journal points out, Paul has lived through World War I, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars among other world events.